Thupeyo Muleya Beitbridge Bureau The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has started deploying its election observer mission to Zambia ahead of general elections set for August 12. COMESA secretary general Ms Chileshe Mbundu Kapwepwe said the team will be led by its Committee of Elders, headed by Ambassador Gamal Rashed of Egypt, […] …
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Monthly Archives: July 2021
JUST IN: Police warn illegal transport operators
Mkhululi Ncube, Chronicle Reporter POLICE in Bulawayo have enough manpower to deal with rowdy illegal transporters who are blocking Zupco buses from transporting passengers to and from town and will not hesitate to arrest them. On Thursday night and Friday morning traffic movement was affected along Luveve road as illegal kombi drivers and Honda Fit […] …
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LATEST: Police told to arrest shebeen operators
Leonard Ncube, Victoria Falls Reporter POLICE have been implored to diligently enforce lockdown regulations in Hwange and raid all shebeens which have been blamed for being super spreaders of Covid-19. There are more than 400 active and 1 898 cumulative cases in Hwange urban. The province has 2 187 active cases and a cumulative 5 498 […] …
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Informal sector market rate won’t trigger inflation: Mangudya
Golden Sibanda, Harare Bureau THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) says the parallel market exchange rate will not upset the current momentum of falling inflation as informal sector transactions account for only a small fraction of total payments. Zimbabwe’s annual inflation rate hits a record low since 2019 this month, falling to 56,37 percent from […] …
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Highlanders fan driven fundraising campaign in great start
Sikhumbuzo Moyo, Senior Sports Reporter Concerned Highlanders members and supporters running a whatsapp fundraising campaign under hashtag #Bosso OurprideOurheritage have so far managed to raise US$1 401, 5174rand and $45 160 since the launch of the public appeal last Friday. The groups were split into five cells, the US$2 and below group, US$5, US$15 as […] …
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NRZ vaccinates employees
Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, online reporter The Government has given the National Railways of Zimbabwe (NRZ) permission to provide Covid-19 Vaccines to NRZ employees at its clinics. Vaccination of employees at the workplace has already started in Gweru and Bulawayo. In a press statement NRZ public relations manager, Nyasha Mavaranyika said the vaccinations were being done by […] …
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Musician Dimitri uses music to identify his role in society
Mthabisi Tshuma, Online Correspondent UGANDA-based Zimbabwe-born musician Dimitri Kwenda popularly known as Dimitri & The Scarecrow is growing his brand through his recently launched freestyle online shows. Dimitri & The Scarecrow rose to fame in 2015 when he released his debut seven-track EP titled Messenger is Sender The EP when he was still in the […] …
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Zimbabwe GDP growth revised upwards to 7.8%
Business Reporter ZIMBABWE’S Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth for the year 2021 is projected to remain strong at 7,8 percent, slightly above the 2021 National Budget growth target of 7,4 percent, the Minister of Finance and Economic Development, Professor Mthuli Ncube, has said. Presenting his mid-term 2021 national budget policy review statement in Parliament today, […] …
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ZPC surpasses Q2 production target
Oliver Kazunga, Senior Business Reporter THE Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has surpassed its production target for the second quarter to 30 June 2021 by 11,2 percent, generating 2,162 Gigawatts per hour against the targeted 1, 944GWh. In an update for the quarter under review, the power utility indicated that Zimbabwe’s biggest power plant, Kariba Hydro-Electric […] …
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Janet Banana, widow of Zimbabwe’s first president Canaan Banana dies
‘She went into hospital on July 19 and unfortunately we have lost her’ …
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